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Three days. It had been three days since that cardfight. Sweetie couldn’t help but feel concerned since Spark Light hadn’t come back to the shop since the fight. Could he be angry that he lost to a filly? Nah, that would be way out of character for him. Not that Sweetie knows that, of course. To take her mind off things, she decided to pay her dear friend Apple Bloom a visit. They hadn’t seen each other for months, so this was a good time for that.

“Rarity! I’m going to Sweet Apple Acres to visit Apple Bloom, okay?” she said as she got her deck.

“Okay! Just come back before dark- AAAGH!” screamed her sister as Sweetie heard a loud crash. Sweetie shuddered and ran outside, heading for Sweet Apple Acres.

Twenty minutes later…

Sweetie was gasping for breath. She had finally reached her destination. Who knew that Raindrops could get that mad? she thought. Well, at least I’m here.

She saw an orange pony wearing a cowmare hat buck a tree, making the apples fall into a bucket.

“Hi there, Applejack!” she said to the orange mare.

“Oh, hi tah you too, sugarcube!” said the Applejack smiling, but panting a bit.

“Where’s Apple Bloom?” Sweetie asked.

"She’s in the barn, making all kinds of doohickeys.” said the farmer. “Anyway, why’d ya take long to visit, Sweetie?”

“You know… my studies and…. Stuff.” says Sweetie, rather dismissively and started running towards the barn. “Ok, gotta run, bye Applejack!”

“Ah swear, fillies these days…” she muttered, shaking her head, as she continued her work.

Meanwhile, inside the barn…

There was a yellow mare with a mane braided with red ribbons inside; fixing what looked like a mechanical table of some sort. She fell on her haunches, revealing her cutie mark to be an apple with two gears inside.

“Hi, Apple Bloom.” said Sweetie softly.

“Oh, hi Sweetie. I didn’t see ya there.” said the mare nonchalantly. “How’s life?”

“Ok, I guess. Did Scootaloo send you any letters?” asked Sweetie Belle anxiously.

“Sorry, no letters.” said Apple Bloom sadly. Sweetie Belle sighed. When Scootaloo learned how to fly, she was immediately sent to Cloudsdale for further schooling. She promised to write to them, but after six months, the letters didn’t come anymore.

“Oh. Anyway, what’s that?” she said, pointing her hoof at the table-thing, desperate to change the subject.

“Oh. That’s a Motion Figure System Ah made from scratch.” Apple Bloom chuckled as she looked at the bewildered look on Sweetie’s face.

“How’d you make this!? There are supposed to be magic crystals that you have to import from Neighpo-“she started, but Apple Bloom cut her off.

“Let’s just say, Ah have mah ways.” she said, smiling mysteriously.

Sweetie just shrugged. “Anyway, can I try it out?”

“Sure, just let me get mah deck.” said Apple Bloom as she turned and bolted out of the barn. A few minutes later, she came back with a deck.

Both of them placed a card face down on their respective Vanguard Circles.

“Ready?” Sweetie nodded.

“Stand up, Vanguard!” both said simultaneously, flipping over the cards they put down earlier. The Motion Figure System suddenly glows, and projects a hologram of a valley from the Planet Cray.

“Stardust Trumpeter (G0/ Power 6000)!” A pegasus filly with a red mane and a trumpet appears.

“Beast Deity, White Tiger (G0/ Power 5000)!” A robotic white tiger with glowing claws teleports beside Apple Bloom, roaring.

“Mah turn. I draw. (Hand: 6)” said Apple Bloom. “Ah ride, Tough Boy (G1/ Power 8000)! (Hand: 5)” The robot tiger suddenly roars, and is enveloped by a white light. When the light fades away, a grey robot with green-lined saucers on its back took its place.

“White Tiger moves!” she says, as White Tiger suddenly teleports behind Tough Boy.

(RC) (Tough Boy) (RC)

(RC) (White Tiger) (RC)s

Hand: 5 Damage: 0

“Ah end mah turn.” She says, tapping her hoof on the table.

“My turn. I draw (Hand: 6).” Sweetie chose a card and slammed it down on Stardust Trumpeter. “Ride, Little Sage, Marron (G1/ Power 8000)!” The instant the card touched the table, the filly glowed with blue light, turning into the scholar-mage pony. “I call! Alen! Wingal! Kay!” (Hand: 2)

(Kay) (Marron) (RC)

(Alen) (Wingal) (RC)

Hand: 5 Damage: 0

“Alen boosts, Kay attacks at 14000!” The gray knight swings his sword at the robot.

“Ah don’t guard.” The sword cuts one of the plates in half, causing an explosion.

“Ah damage check.” Apple Bloom said as she revealed the top card of her deck and sending it to the damage zone. “No trigger.” (Hand: 5 Damage: 1)

“Wingal boosts, Marron attacks at 14000 Power!”

“I guard with Grapple Mania. (Shield + Power= 18000)” Apple Bloom says as she shows the card and puts it in the drop zone. (Hand: 4)

“Drive check! No trigger.” Sweetie sighs as she reveals the top card of her deck and adds it to her hand. “I end my turn.” (Hand: 3 Damage: 0)

The mage’s horn glows a bright blue, eventually shooting a beam of pure magical energy at the saucer-bot, who was frantically trying to get away, causing an explosion.

“Mah turn. I draw.” Apple Bloom adds the top card of her deck to her ‘hand’ and smiles.

“Ah ride, Brutal Jack (G2/ Power 11000)!” She slams a card depicting a robotic dragon on top of Tough Boy. The saucer-wielding robot glows and transforms into a robotic dragon with green fins on its back, roaring. (Hand: 4)

“Brutal Jack’s skill! Counterblast! He loses ‘Restraint’ until the end of mah turn!” she says as she flips the single card in her damage zone. The robot suddenly glows a bright green, with blades popping out of its arms. “Call! King of Sword! Queen of Heart! (Hand: 2)

(King) (Jack) (RC)

(Queen) (White Tiger) (RC)

Hand: 2 Damage: 1 flipped, 0 unflipped

“Queen boosts! King attacks! Queen’s skill activates, and King of Sword gets an extra Power +4000!” she says, as she rests the two cards.

“Hmmm…. I don’t guard.” Sweetie says, rather mysteriously. (Hand: 3 Damage: 0)

The chess-piece robot swung its sword at the mage, causing an explosion.

“Yeesh, with all these explosions, you’d think Michael Bray made this Motion Figure System…” mumbled Sweetie as she put the top card of her deck, a blue dog with wing-ears, in the damage zone. (Damage: 1)

“Tiger boosts Jack’s assault!”

“I don’t guard.”

“Well, get a load of this! If Jack’s boosted by a Nova Grappler, he gets Power +5000 (Power 21000)! Brutal Blaster!” she says, as the robotic dragon charges up his mouth, then shooting Marron with a barrage of lasers. “Drive check! Draw trigger! All to Jack!” (Hand: 4)

“Damage check.” Sweetie says calmly, as she puts the top card of her deck in the damage zone. (Hand: 3 Damage: 2)

“Ah end mah turn.” she says. (Hand: 4 Damage: 1 flipped, 0 unflipped)

“My turn. I stand and draw.” Sweetie picks up the top card of her deck and smiles.

“Stand up, my avatar! Ride, Blaster Blade!!” she slams the card on the table and in an instant, replacing the mage is a knight clad in white, holding a sword of light. “I don’t activate his skill.”

(Kay) (BB) (RC)

(Alen) (Wingal) (RC)

Hand: 3 Damage: 2

“Alen boosts Kay’s attack! Kay gets an extra Power +3000 since the vanguard’s a Blaster (Power: 17000)!”

“Ah don’t guard. Damage check, no trigger.” (Damage: 1 flipped, 1 unflipped)

“Wingal boosts Blade’s onslaught (Power: 19000)!”

“No guard.”

“Drive check!” Sweetie says, revealing the top card of her deck. “Critical trigger! All effects to the vanguard!” (Power: 24000 Critical: 2)

Blaster Blade attacks the robotic dragon with his sword, hitting it in the head, causing yet another explosion.

“What is with these dang explosions? Ah damage check, draw trigger.” Apple Bloom sighs as she the card in the damage zone. (Hand: 5 Damage: 1 flipped, 3 unflipped)

“I end my turn.” (Hand: 3 Damage: 2)

“Mah turn. Ah stand and draw.” Apple Bloom sees the card she draws, and smiles. “Final turn.” (Hand: 6)

“Huh!?” Sweetie responds to the phrase, puzzled. ‘Final Turn’ was usually only said when a fighter is certain that he/she would win. Sweetie gulped.

“Dragon of the east, hear my call! Rise up and destroy! Beast Deity, Azure DRAGON!!!” Apple Bloom slams a card onto Jack, which disintegrates and turns into a robotic dragon warrior wielding a sword of fire and a shield of lightning, heavily influenced by the Orient.

Sweetie freezes. Beast Deity, Azure Dragon? Was that the new unit mentioned from the new expansion pack? She’d never seen Apple Bloom use this unit before, so it must have been.

“Ah can see ya didn’t buy the new expansion set yet, by the look on yer face.” Apple Bloom chuckles. This was going to be fun, since Sweetie didn’t know how to counter this unit…yet.

“Anyways, Ah call! Beast Deity, Golden Anglet! Beast Deity, Blank Marsh!” (Hand: 1)

A golden robot pony-dragon thing and a silver robotic fox with tufts of red fur around its neck.

(King) (BD, AD) (BD, GA)

(Queen) (White Tiger) (BD, Blank Marsh)

Hand: 3 Damage: 1 flipped, 3 unflipped

“King attacks with a boost from Queen (Power: 20000)”

“No guard!” (Hand: 3 Damage: 3)

“Blank Marsh boosts, Anglet attacks (Power: 16000)!”

“No guard.” (Damage: 4)

“Blank Marsh’s skill! I put him in the soul, (Soul: 3) and Ah get to stand another ‘Beast Deity’! Ah stand Golden Anglet! His skill gives him a boost of Power +3000!”

Sweetie fidgeted a little. She was close to six damage now, and she was against a deck that could attack multiple times.

“Golden Anglet attacks (Power: 12000)!”

“I don’t guard.” Sweetie sends the top card of her deck to the damage zone, revealing itself to be a heal trigger. “Alright! I heal a bit, and I give Power +5000 to Blaster Blade (Power: 14000)!”

The robot pony-dragon shoots a laser at Blade, causing another, albeit small, explosion.

“White Tiger boosts, Azure Dragon attacks (Power: 16000)!”

“I guard with Wingal and Alen (Blaster Blade’s Power + Shield = 24000)!!”

“Two tah pass, huh? Twin Drive! First check, heal trigger! Power to Azure Dragon! Second check…” Sweetie bit her lip. Please don’t pull another trigger. she thought. Celestia, please no…

Apple Bloom revealed the top card of her deck. Its name was Ring Girl, Clara. “HEAL TRIGGER! All effects to the vanguard!”

“D-Damage check, no trigger.” Sweetie stutters as she sends a copy of Wingal to the damage zone. (Hand: 1 Damage: 5)

“White Tiger’s skill activates! I put him in the soul (Soul: 4), and Ah counterblast! Golden Anglet stands again!” she says, as the pony-dragon powers up once more.

“O-Oh Celestia…” Sweetie mutters.

“That’s right! Golden Anglet gains another Power +3000! Now, attack (Power: 15000)!”

“I don’t guard.” Sweetie looked at her hand. It was a single copy of a new card she had come across, Solitary Knight, Gancelot. It was a Grade 3, meaning it didn’t have any Shield. She sighed.

Gold Anglet shot a bolt of lightning at Blaster Blade, causing an explosion, which made the knight dissolve into blue sparkles scattered by the wind.

“Damage check, no trigger.” Sweetie says as she puts the top card of her deck, a Marron, in the damage zone. “I lose.”

“Well, it looks like Ah’m still good to go, right?” jokes Apple Bloom. Sweetie smiles.

“Hey girls, long time no see.” says an unknown, yet familiar voice. Both mares turn to the entrance of the barn, and are shocked to see an orange pegasus filly with a purple mane styled in a ponytail, with a cutie mark of a flaming wheel on her flank.

“Remember me?” said the teenage mare, grinning. “It’s your old buddy, Scoots.”

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